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Acacia Redolens
''Acacia redolens'', commonly known as bank catclaw, prostrate acacia, or desert carpet, is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves''. Description It is a dense, small to medium-sized shrub that usually reaches heights of 0.5 to 3, rarely up to 5 or even 7 meters. Vegetative parts of the plant and especially the yellow flowers give off an intense vanilla scent. The spreading fragrant shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms from August to October in its native range, and produces yellow flowers. The small flowers, whose optical effect is based on the yellow stamens, are located in the leaf axils. The brownish legumes are about 25 millimeters long and about 6 millimeters wide. In California, it blooms from February through May (late winter to late spring). It is commonly planted by freeways and is found throughout Southern California and some parts of the Bay Area. Phylogeny According to the Catalogue of Life, ''Acacia'' contains 1067 species. A 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Maslin
Bruce Roger Maslin (born 3 May 1946) is an Australian botanist, known for his work on ''Acacia'' taxonomy. Born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, he obtained an honours degree in botany from the University of Western Australia in 1967, then took up an appointment as a botanist with the Western Australian Herbarium. The following year he was conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War; he gave three years in National Service, serving in Vietnam in 1969. In 1970 he returned to his position at the Western Australian Herbarium, serving in that institution until 1987. During this time he was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer in 1977 and 1978; editor of ''Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...'' from 1981 to 1983; and acting curator in 1986 and 1987. In 1987, Maslin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Maconochieana
''Acacia maconochieana'', also known as Mullan wattle, is a shrub or tree of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to an arid area of central Australia. Description The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of and has longitudinally fissured, grey coloured bark and densely haired branchlets. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The hairy, evergreen phyllodes have a linear shape with a length of and a width of with many fine and closely parallel nerves. It blooms in October and produces yellow flowers. Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1986 as a part of the work ''Acacia maconochieana (Mimosaceae), a new species from semi-arid Australia'' as described in the journal ''Austrobaileya''. It was reclassified by Pedley as ''Racosperma maconochieanum'' in 2003 then returned to genus ''Acacia'' in 2006. Distribution It is native to an area in the Northern Territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Papyrocarpa
''Acacia papyrocarpa'', commonly known as western myall, is a tree in the family Fabaceae native to arid areas of central and western Australia. Description Western myall typically grows as a shrub or an upright tree to a height of but can grow as tall as . It has fissured grey coloured bark and a dense spreading to rounded crown. It has pendulous and hairy branchlets. Like most ''Acacia'' species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are greyish-green in colour, straight and flat, between in length and wide. The hairy phyllodes are acuminate with a fine curved and innocuous point that is not rigid and have many closely parallel indistinct nerves. It blooms between August and November producing rudimentary inflorescences. The flowers are yellow, and held in spherical clusters that are about in diameter and contain 20 to 25 golden flowers. After flowering thin and flat seed pods form that have a length of about and a width of that are flat with a narrowly oblong sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Enervia
''Acacia enervia'' is a shrub or tree of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to an area of south western Australia. Description The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of and has a dense, rounded or obconic habit with glabrous and slightly angular branchlets. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen, inclined to erect phyllodes are flat with a linear to narrowly oblanceolate shape and a length of and a width of with many closely parallel indistinct to distinct nerves. It blooms from August to October and produces yellow flowers. Taxonomy It is most closely related to '' Acacia lineolata'' and '' Acacia inceana'' which all belong to the ''Acacia enervia'' group of wattles. There are two recognised subspecies: *''Acacia enervia'' subsp. ''enervia'' *''Acacia enervia'' subsp. ''explicata'' Distribution It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Ancistrophylla
''Acacia ancistrophylla'' is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is native to several areas on southern Australia. Description The prickly shrub typically grows to a height of and has a dense or obconic habit. It has glabrous or sparsely haired branchlets. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous leathery and evergreen phyllodes are patent to erect with a narrowly oblong oblanceolate, linear or linear-oblanceolate shape and are straight to slightly curved. Th phyllodes have a length of and a width of and have many closely parallel nerves obscure to distinct. It blooms from August to October and produces yellow flowers. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1904 by the botanist Cecil Andrews. There are three recognised varieties: * ''Acacia ancistrophylla'' var. ''ancistrophylla'' * ''Acacia ancistrophylla'' var. ''lissophylla'' * ''Acacia ancistrophylla'' var. ''perarcuata'' Distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Amyctica
''Acacia amyctica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with ascending to erect, narrowly lance-shaped, sharply-pointed phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, spherical heads of 18 to 25 golden flowers, and linear to strongly curved pods. Description ''Acacia amyctica'' is an erect, bushy, cone-shaped shrub with the narrower end towards the base and that typically grows to a height of . It has smooth, light-grey coloured bark and slightly ribbed, sparsely hairy branchlets. Its phyllodes are ascending to erect, narrowly lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic, long and wide with a sharply-pointed tip and many, more or less parallel veins. The flowers are borne in 2 spherical heads in axils on a peduncle in diameter, each head with 18 to 25 golden-yellow flowers. Flowering occurs in August and September, and the fruit is a linear to strongly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Microsperma
''Acacia microsperma'', commonly known as bowyakka, is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to an area of eastern Australia. It is rated as least concern according to the ''Nature Conservation Act 1992''. Description The tree can grow to a height of about and has sub-glabrous to moderately hair branchlets that appear quite scaly and leprous. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The green to grey-green, slightly hairy and evergreen phyllodes have a linear shape and are quite straight with a length of and a width of and have multiple obscure, closely parallel nerves. When it blooms it produces inflorescences that appear in groups of one to four with spherical flower-heads that have a diameter of and contain 20 to 40 golden coloured flowers. Following flowering firmly chartaceous seed pods form that resemble a string of beads. The pods are straight with a length of up to and a width of and are spar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Maranoensis
''Acacia maranoensis'', commonly known as womel, is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to an area in north eastern Australia. Description The tree can grow to a height of around and has furrowed dark grey bark. It has glabrous branchlets that are scurfy with deposits of white resin. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The leathery grey-green coloured phyllodes have a linear to narrowly elliptic shape are straight to slightly curved with a length of and a width of and have many closely parallel nerves of which one to three are more prominent than the others. Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1978 as part of the work ''A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland'' as published in the journal ''Austrobaileya''. It was reclassified by Pedley as ''Racosperma maranoense'' in 1987 then transferred back to genus ''Acacia'' in 2001. Distribution The plant h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Homalophylla
''Acacia homalophylla'' is a small tree found in the eastern half of Australia, where it is known as the yarran. It has also been introduced into India and Pakistan. Description ''Acacia homalophylla'' has a clean trunk and leafy head, a dark gray, rough bark, narrow, usually straight leaves, and yellow flowers in balls. The leaves are edible and used for fodder. It usually flowers in August–October, sometimes November. It yields a gum. Its wood (called myall-wood) is durable, fragrant, and dark-colored, and used by the natives for spears. The tree or shrub can grow to a height of and has an erect or spreading nabit and is often suckering. It has glabrous branchlets that can be slightly hairy on new growth and are angled at extremities. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen, grey-green phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate or more or less linear shape and are straight to slightly curved with a length of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Melvillei
''Acacia melvillei'', commonly known as yarran, is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to south eastern Australia. Description The tree can grow to a maximum height of around and has glabrous branchlets. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen, leathery and ascending phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic or oblong-elliptic shape and are quite straight with a length of and a width of and have many closely parallel, obscure nerves where one to three are more prominent than the others. It blooms between August and November producing inflorescences that occur in groups of three to five found on an axillary axis with a length of and has spherical flower-heads with a diameter of containing 30 to 50 densely packed bright yellow flowers. The straight, flat and papery seed pods that form after flowering have more or less straight sides but are constricted between some seeds. The pods are up to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Sibilans
''Acacia sibilans'', commonly known as the whispering myall, is a shrub or tree of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' thar is endemic to an arid areas of central western Australia. Description The bushy shrub or tree typically grows to a height of that sometimes can have a gnarled habit with fibrous and fissured bark. In some locations the trees can be as high as and have a crown with a width of up to , usually with a single crooked or twisted trunk that branches close to ground level. The branchlets become glabrous with age and have hairy new shoots. Like most species of ''acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The cylindrical and filiform phyllodes are grey-green with a length of with a diameter of around and can be straight to slightly curved with many fine parallel longitudinal nerves. It flowers erratically with flowers being recorded January, April, May and October, it is thought flowering may follow heavy rain events. When it blooms it pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Latzii
''Acacia latzii'', also known as Latz's wattle and Tjilpi wattle, is a shrubby tree of the genus ''Acacia'' (in the family Fabaceae and the subgenus ''Plurinerves''). It is native to the Finke bioregion (in the south of the Northern Territory and the north of South Australia). Description ''A. latzii'' is a shrub or tree which grows to a height of . The branchlets may be smooth or have a sparse covering of minute flat lying hairs. The phyllodes ( long by wide) are narrowly linear and generally with a shallow incurving. They are leathery and a khaki to greyish green and like the branchlets may be smooth or have a sparse covering of fine hairs. They have many closely parallel veins. The inflorescences are two to five headed racemes with the raceme axes being long. The flower stalks are 5–9 mm long and have a covering of fine hairs. The heads are globular ( in diameter) with 13 to 18 flowers. The flowers are 5-merous and the sepals are free. The smooth, leathery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
